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Poll: Draft by "End of Day" Means 5 pm, 8 pm, midnight, 9 am next day?

Also--your time or their time?
razzmatazz pervert
  01/05/26
your time eod 12am
spectacular scarlet national security agency
  01/05/26
...
Brilliant Patrolman
  01/05/26
Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the pe...
razzmatazz pervert
  01/05/26
“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people wa...
Lilac ceo
  01/05/26
eod = midnight cob = 1700
Pearly Round Eye Ratface
  01/05/26
...
angry spruce sandwich
  01/05/26
Cr
mind-boggling azure foreskin trailer park
  01/05/26
...
Charcoal bawdyhouse mad cow disease
  01/05/26
"When it's done"
onyx territorial hunting ground
  01/05/26
What if it's not done until after EOD?
razzmatazz pervert
  01/05/26
Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks
onyx territorial hunting ground
  01/05/26
...
Primrose Bateful Sanctuary
  01/05/26
depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? li...
Self-absorbed market
  01/05/26
Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule. ...
razzmatazz pervert
  01/05/26
it depends on your office culture and who else is involved
Self-absorbed market
  01/05/26
Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more app...
nofapping big-titted boltzmann
  01/05/26
Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone want...
razzmatazz pervert
  01/05/26
I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make
fuchsia passionate field queen of the night
  01/05/26
Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend t...
nofapping big-titted boltzmann
  01/05/26
2pm if a scientist needs to review it
adventurous internal respiration
  01/05/26
...
angry spruce sandwich
  01/05/26
...
Disturbing milk boistinker
  01/05/26
...
Flesh concupiscible plaza blood rage
  01/05/26
usually means "within the hour"
aromatic red chapel
  01/05/26
9 or 10pm
Henna disrespectful karate
  01/05/26
Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after...
razzmatazz pervert
  01/05/26
It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zo...
stirring twinkling uncleanness native
  01/05/26
What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, req...
razzmatazz pervert
  01/05/26
in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.
excitant transparent death wish brunch
  01/05/26
Cr.
Contagious factory reset button temple
  01/05/26
...
Rambunctious ungodly institution masturbator
  01/05/26
More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you...
Flesh concupiscible plaza blood rage
  01/05/26
There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of tha...
Josh_Allen
  01/06/26
lol
;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;;
  01/07/26
At the end of the day, what does it matter?
fear-inspiring swashbuckling multi-billionaire idea he suggested
  01/05/26
close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by...
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
  01/06/26
You got it reversed
;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;;
  01/07/26


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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: razzmatazz pervert

Also--your time or their time?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564535)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:15 PM
Author: spectacular scarlet national security agency

your time eod 12am

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564546)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:18 PM
Author: Brilliant Patrolman



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564549)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: razzmatazz pervert

Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the people waiting on the draft are going to do another turn in the wee hours of the morning. So, at that point, what's the differences with doing (and billing for) a few more hours and sending it at 3 am?

And at that point, what's the difference with waiting to send it at 7 or 8 am, before the next workday starts?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564561)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 4:50 PM
Author: Lilac ceo

“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people waiting on the draft are going to do another turn in the wee hours of the morning.”

what kind of penny-ante hobbyists are you working across from?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564839)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:18 PM
Author: Pearly Round Eye Ratface

eod = midnight

cob = 1700

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564552)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: angry spruce sandwich



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564562)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:51 PM
Author: mind-boggling azure foreskin trailer park

Cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564673)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:53 PM
Author: Charcoal bawdyhouse mad cow disease



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564678)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:19 PM
Author: onyx territorial hunting ground

"When it's done"



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564555)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:21 PM
Author: razzmatazz pervert

What if it's not done until after EOD?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564564)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:26 PM
Author: onyx territorial hunting ground

Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564579)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:45 PM
Author: Primrose Bateful Sanctuary



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49565826)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: Self-absorbed market

depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? like 2pm.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564560)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:23 PM
Author: razzmatazz pervert

Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule.

For other work, I don't want to scramble to get things done by 2 pm--especially because it means I might get the next round of comments back the same day. I want to chill while things build up throughout the day, then scramble through several things between about 4:30 and 5:20.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564569)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:38 PM
Author: Self-absorbed market

it depends on your office culture and who else is involved

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564624)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: nofapping big-titted boltzmann

Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more appreciated because it lets others bill easy hours before bed. Inhouse 2 pm is only west coast with east coast audience but most people specify “COB” and that means get it out by 4 your time so others have the option of reviewing before they leave to pick up their kids or after they put their kids to bed (they won’t actually review or respond for at least a week).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564576)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:31 PM
Author: razzmatazz pervert

Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone wants to review it that day, they should say so and specify a time. People get jammed up with meetings, multiple agreements to review, poasts to make, etc.

Absolutely CR re "they won’t actually review or respond for at least a week," btw. There are two times for responses--5 minutes after you send and late next week.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564589)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:39 PM
Author: fuchsia passionate field queen of the night

I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564630)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:42 PM
Author: nofapping big-titted boltzmann

Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend that they are hardworking and for you to pass your own self-imposed shit test. But the logic of this makes sense the more exposure you have to senior execs/SVPs and other managers of managers who are running large organizations. Most of what they do is at least partially performative.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564645)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: adventurous internal respiration

2pm if a scientist needs to review it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564577)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:39 PM
Author: angry spruce sandwich



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564629)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 5:06 PM
Author: Disturbing milk boistinker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564881)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:45 PM
Author: Flesh concupiscible plaza blood rage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49565722)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:35 PM
Author: aromatic red chapel

usually means "within the hour"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564613)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:44 PM
Author: Henna disrespectful karate

9 or 10pm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564647)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:54 PM
Author: razzmatazz pervert

Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after the kids go to bed. So, getting the draft out before I go to bed matches the EOD and my schedule better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564680)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 4:47 PM
Author: stirring twinkling uncleanness native

It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zone if the person is either important or a client. In other cases it means before they log on the next morning.

Worst thing you can do is send it early enough to get comments back that night, after you’ve rushed to get it out, screwed off online for 90 mins to recuperate, and finally turned to the other work you were supposed to get done yesterday/today/last week.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49564828)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 6:09 PM
Author: razzmatazz pervert

What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, requestor is on east coast?

In either of those cases, it should mean before they log on the next morning.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49565016)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 8:29 PM
Author: excitant transparent death wish brunch

in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49565377)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:26 PM
Author: Contagious factory reset button temple

Cr.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49565691)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:44 PM
Author: Rambunctious ungodly institution masturbator



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49565821)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:18 PM
Author: Flesh concupiscible plaza blood rage

More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you go to bed and before I wake up.” But you better gird your ass if you misjudge that and get a “Where is the draft?” at 4 am.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49565681)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:13 PM
Author: Josh_Allen

There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of that 4am email

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49567806)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 3:05 PM
Author: ;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;;


lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49569664)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:45 PM
Author: fear-inspiring swashbuckling multi-billionaire idea he suggested

At the end of the day, what does it matter?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49565824)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,


close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by midnight for biglaw and by tomorrow dawn for mid-tier firms.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49567815)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 3:06 PM
Author: ;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;;


You got it reversed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2...id#49569669)